Emigrant from Persia (now Iran) who came to India in the nineteenth century to avoid persecution because of their Zoroastrian religious beliefs; "Irani" is a common surname of such persons and their descendants, simply meaning "from Iran." (I)

Irani is a term used to denote Iranian Zoroastrians who have immigrated to India within the last two centuries, as opposed to the longer residing Parsis. Many of them immigrated during the Qajar era, when persecution of Iranian Zoroastrians was rampant. They are culturally and linguistically closer to the Zoroastrians of Iran.

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a native or inhabitant of Iran.